A glimpse into unschooling with me & my 6yo PDA kiddo
Last year in early September as the New England air cooled and yellow leaves started fluttering down, I felt deeply sad. My PDA son had...
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Rabbi Shoshana's Blog
Aug 204 min read
6 Things I Wish I Knew When My PDA Autistic Son Started Preschool - Early Childhood & PDA Autism
6 Things I Wish I Knew When My PDA Autistic son Started Preschool
Jul 206 min read
How Western culture contributes to the PDA threat response
The PDA threat response may not be so disabling in other cultures.
Jun 194 min read
Separation Anxiety: 6 steps parents can take to support PDA children
6 steps parents can take to support PDA children with separation anxiety
Apr 35 min read
Can PDA Kids Love School? Yes - I did. But the conditions were particular.
My child and I are both Autistic and PDA. PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance, or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy. Understanding of...
Mar 146 min read
7 Powerful Mindset Shifts for Educators of PDA students
by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy, a little-known profile of...
Feb 284 min read
Why is conventional school hard or impossible for most PDA children?
by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman To understand why school is difficult or impossible for so many PDA children & teens, we need to know...
Feb 35 min read
Autistic Limerence: The risks of when a person is a special interest
by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman What is Limerence? Limerence is one name for infatuation with another person. It is not a regular crush....
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